
The Rules of Attraction
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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Danny Gerard
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Lauren Fortgang
Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the height of the Reagan '80s, The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future - or even the present - who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle.
Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturings and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion while exposing the moral vacuum at the center of their lives.
Lauren changes boyfriends every time she changes majors and still pines for Victor, who split for Europe months ago, and she might or might not be writing anonymous love letters to ambivalent, hard-drinking Sean, a hopeless romantic who only has eyes for Lauren - even if he ends up in bed with half the campus - and Paul, Lauren's ex, forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted, race from Thirsty Thursday Happy Hours to Dressed to Get Screwed parties to drinks at The Edge of the World or The Graveyard. The Rules of Attraction is a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance.
As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Bret Easton Ellis' book, you'll also get an exclusive Jim Atlas interview that begins when the audiobook ends.
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great performances though. Enjoyable book.
It's good
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Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it. The voices actors were really well done too.
Total hangout novel.
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If you could sum up The Rules of Attraction in three words, what would they be?
Crazy college yuppiesWho was your favorite character and why?
Sean is my favorite character. You can just tell that he is as insane as Patrick, his older brother, from American Psycho.Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I don't know.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Sean is talking to Patrick in the hospital. Their father is dying and nobody cares.Any additional comments?
Not a good listen if you hate hearing wealthy people whine.Fantastic Ellis book
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Dark, shallow, disgusting, and so much fun!!
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Great book
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Great cast
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Excellent performance by all
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A very directionless story, which sometimes I don't mind, but there were sooo many characters (each chapter is written in a different character's voice) and they all were pretty similar so I couldn't keep them straight, much less really care about them. Maybe in a written format it would have been easier. There are many better ones-- Less Than Zero, Lunar Park, Glamorama.
Not Ellis's best work
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